Extension clothing-carrier.



PATENTED JULY 28, 1908.

N. F. PURCELL. EXTENSION CLOTHING CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED APR, 8, 1907.

NICHOLAS F. PURCELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

EXTENSION CLOTHING-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 28, 1908.

Application filed April 8, 1907. Serial No. 366,912.

T 0. all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS F. PUR-' oELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Extension Clothing- Carriers, of which the following is a specification. \1

In retail clothing stores, garments are now often stored in wardrobes instead .of being stacked upon tables or counters, each garment being placed upon a hanger of ordinary form, and a-number of hangers being suspended from a carrier movably mounted in the ward robe so that the carrier may be drawn forwardly to display the garments carried thereby.

One. of the objects of this invention is to produce a clothing carrier of the type above referred to, which shall occupy a minimum amount of space.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for preventing the garment hangers supported by the carrier from sliding thereon and causing a disagreeable screeching noise.

The invention also relates to the general improvement of the construction of extension clothing carriers.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 1s a perspective view illustrating an extension clothing carrier embod- 'ng the features of my invention, in practica use. Fig. 2 is a fragmental side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the plane of dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section on dotted line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

The embodiment herein shown of my invention comprises an overhead track structure '1 and a carrier 2 arranged to travel upon said track. The track structure 1 in this instance comprises a square steel tube 3 having a longitudinal slot 4 formed centrally of its lower-side. cured to the inner top wall a of the wardrobe 6 by means of a hanger 5 formed from an integral piece of metal, said hanger com rising a loop 6 within which the tube 3 lies. ivets 7 or equivalent means extend through said loop and said tube into a square plug 8 which closes the rear end of the tube. The hanger 5 also comprises outwardly-extending at taching lugs 9 by means of which the hanger is secured to the top wall a.

The forward end of the tube 3 is secured to the wardrobe by means of a hanger 10 hav- The rear end of the tube 3'is se-v ing a portion 11 adapted to receive the tube 3 and a depending loop 12 in which a roller 13 is pivoted. Screws 14 secure the hanger 10 to the tube 3, said screws also extending into two plugs 15, which partially close the forward end of said tube. Outw ardly-extending lugs 16 upon the hanger 10 provide' means for securing it to the top wall a of the wardrobe. -If desirable screw-holes 17 may be provided in the upper wall of the tube 3 for securing said tube to its support at points between its ends. The carrier 2 comprises in this instance a bar 18 which is slidably mounted within the slot 4 of the tube 3 and rests upon the roller 13 at the forward end of the overhead track structure, being guided between the plugs or blocks 15. Upon the rear end of the bar 18 are pivotally mounted two bearing rollers 19 adapted to travel upon the inner surface of the lower wall of the tube 3 at opposite sides of the slot 4 and upon the inner side of the upper wall of said tube. If desired, the rollers 19 may be made of commercial red fiber or similar material in order to reduce to the minimum the noise made by said rollers when running upon their tracks. The carrier 2 also comprises a bar 20, in this instance formed from tubing, said bar being secured to the upper bar 18 at its rear end b means of the bracket 21 and at its forwar end by means of the hanger 22, the lower end of said hanger being shaped to provide a handle 23 by means of which the carrier may be moved upon its track. The ends of the bar 20 are preferably externallyscrew-threaded to enter correspondingly threaded openings in the bracket 21 and the hanger 22. Upon the upper side of the bar 20 is a plurality of projections 24 which may consist of screws seated in screw-threaded openings in'said bar. When the carrier is only partially loaded with garment-hangers,

the projections 24 prevent said hangers from sliding upon the bar 20 and causing a disagreeable'noise when the carrier 2 is moved upon its track. A stop device consisting, in

this instance,'of a in 25 extending through 4 the bar 18 limits t said carrier.

In use, the overhead track structure 1 is e forward movement of secured to the upper wall a of the wardrobe 1) through the 20 of the carrier 2. When it is desired to display a garment or remove it from the carrier the operator grasps the handle 23 and draws the carrier forwardly, the bar 18 being carried upon the roller 13, and the rollers 19 running upon the lower wall of the tube 3 until the weight of the carrier and its load causes the forward end of said carrier to tilt downwardly slightly, when said rollers willtravel upon the upper wall of said tube.

It will be observed that the track upon which the rollers 19 run is supported from the upper wall a at a distance great enough merely to provide room for said rollers. The bar 20 from which the garment hangers are supported is supported from the bar 18 at a distance only great enough to provide space for the roller 13 and for convenient engagement and disengagement of the garment hangers and said bar. It will be seen that an exceedingly compact construction is thus obtained. The track for the rollers 19 consistin of the walls of the square tube 3, no

troub e is experienced in obtainin exact alinement of said track when instal ing the into the upper side 0' said tube.

same and said track is not liable to get out of alinement after installation as when made se arate from the remaining structure.

claim as my invention:

In an extension clothing carrier,'in combination, a metal tube rectangular in cross section, and provided with a longitudinal slot in the lower side thereof, a bar extending through the slot into the tube, a roll mounted upon orie end of said bar and adapted to be supported by and travel within said tube, a plurality of hangers supporting said tube, a roll mounted in an extension of one of said hangers upon which the bar is adapted to travel, a stop fixedly secured to said bar, brackets secured upon said bar, a hanger secured upon said bar, a tubular bar su ported by said bracket and hanger, and a p urality of spaced upwardly rojecting lugs tapped NICHOLAS F. PUR CELL.

Witnesses:

0. PAUL PARKER, GEORGE L. OHINDAHL. 

